Explore the world of NFTs and token standards like ERC-20, ERC-721, and ERC-1155. Understand ownership rights, metadata, and royalties
Web3 Social Tokens: Monetizing Creator Economies Without Breaking Trust Social tokens promise something creators have chased for years: direct monetization without handing your audience to a platform, and community ownership without begging for brand deals. But the same thing that makes social tokens powerful also makes them fragile: you are financializing trust. This guide breaks […]
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Decentralized Storage: IPFS, Arweave, and Filecoin (Complete Guide) Decentralized Storage: IPFS, Arweave, and Filecoin is the practical blueprint for shipping Web3 apps that do not lose their assets, metadata, proofs, or archives when a server disappears. This guide breaks down content addressing, pinning, gateways, permanence versus leases, Filecoin deals and proofs, Arweave bundles and the
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NFT Risks and Scams: What to Watch and How to Defend From fake mints to approval drainers, signature tricks, and metadata rugs, here is a practical, user-level defense guide with concrete checks and recovery steps. TL;DR: Most losses begin with social engineering. Drainers either (1) make you grant setApprovalForAll to their operator, or (2) trick
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Utility NFTs: Gaming Assets, Identity and Access Passes Move beyond collectibles: NFTs as items you can use in games, for sign in, or to unlock content and communities. This lesson goes from contract choices to storage, lifecycle, economics, and security hardening so your utility actually works in production. TL;DR: Utility NFTs encode rights (access, in
NFT Royalties & Marketplaces: What Actually Happens EIP-2981, on-chain vs off-chain enforcement, operator allowlists/filters, and what creators should expect in practice. This version dives into the mechanics, edge cases, and design trade-offs you will encounter when launching a collection. TL;DR: EIP-2981 is a signaling standard: contracts expose how much royalty a sale requests for a
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ERC-721 vs ERC-1155: What’s the Difference & When to Use Each Understand token models, supply, transfers, metadata, gas efficiency, and real-world trade-offs so you can pick the right standard for art, collectibles, gaming items, memberships, and beyond. TL;DR: ERC-721 = 1 token ID ↔ 1 unique item (classic PFPs, 1/1 art). ERC-1155 = 1 token
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NFTs & Rights: Metadata, Royalties, Licenses Beginner NFTs • ~8 min read • Updated: 08/08/2025 When you buy an NFT, you’re acquiring more than a picture but often less than you think. This comprehensive guide explains the technical, legal, and economic layers of NFT ownership where your media actually lives, what rights (if any) transfer
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ERC-20 vs ERC-721 vs ERC-1155: Token Standards Token standards are the contracts that make crypto feel like products instead of isolated code. This complete guide explains how ERC-20, ERC-721, and ERC-1155 actually work in wallets, DeFi, marketplaces, games, and tooling. You will learn the real interface surface, how transfers and approvals are indexed, why safe
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